Show MEN OF or THE TRE HOUR some are born great some achieve grea greatness trims and some have greatness thrust upon them shakespeare J A y un R isk IN M I A AARON A R ON A SARGENT EVOY ENVOY extraordinary TO GEIS MASy E ex x senator aaron A sargent is seen in tho the fierce light that beats upon a new officeholder office holder for months it was thought that president arthur would call to ili his councils ailsa a man ii whose lioe lio e record is assailed without gloves while for the time tim t ins his vi virtues etues seem written in water air mr sargent is accused of supporting mormon polygamy on the ground of its ita being a religious institution ution and of opposing mr 1011 po lands I lids bill giving plural wives the ri rig lit to sue for divorce and to divide the property ro ty of the husland hus rand and which gr also so boug lit to break up lip tile 31 mormon ormon law which gave women of utah a right to vote he ile is accused accuse J of advocating railway monopoly against the interests of his former constituents ilow however these things may be his life is regarded as a whole an all instructive instance of exemplary progress it now appears that the fierce oil onslaughts oi to I other prominent papers ins aban channel cj the presidents intentions if ho ile really ever thought of calling mr sargent into the cabinet As we learn from a telegram mr sargent has been appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary potent iary of the united states at the tile court of berlin whether the senate will confirm the tile nomination is not known at the hour of this writing but we think president arthur made sure about that and is also tolerably certain about the acceptance cep tance ice of the distinguished diplomatic dignity by the ex senator from california mr sargent is a native of massachusetts aas born at newburyport september 28 1827 HO began his working life in the printing office and ill in due timo time graduated to the editors desk chenin when in 1849 cali fornias golden gates were thrown open ope ii to the lie enterprising of all till the world young sargent migrated thither he ile quietly sett settled let down to the reading in in 1854 was admitted to the bar and in 1855 and 1856 was elected dist district brict A attorney of nevada county in liis his adopted state he ile served as Re represent presen cativo n at t washington fro from july 1861 to march 1863 and was t twice ice afterwards elected to I the same distinction distinct im eirving in ill the forty first and furty forty second congress i his third term as representative expired march karch tho tile day dinv inv following ho lie took his seat as united states senator from california mr sargent is an in earnest republican a man of unquestioned capacity and admirable chara character acter |